Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Zhang Jiang 張絳

Attested AD 841

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Jiang was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 841 會昌初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 95-96

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 96

Events and relationships

Killed
Political · Killer · With Chen Xingtai (陳行泰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 96
Sought official commission
Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 96

Assessments and attributes

Assessment outsider without army loyalty · Mode speech Speaker Wu Zhongshu (吳仲舒)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 98

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 3 passages

俄而，行泰又為次將張絳所殺，令三軍上表，請降符節。 Before long Xingtai was killed in turn by the next-ranking general Zhang Jiang, who had the three armies petition the court for an official commission.

上遣宰臣詢其事，仲舒曰：「絳與行泰，皆是遊客，主軍人心不附。 The emperor sent chancellors to inquire into the matter. Zhongshu said, "Jiang and Xingtai are both outsiders; the army has no real loyalty to either of them.

李德裕因奏：「陳行泰、張絳皆令大將上奏，邀求節旄，所以必不可與。 Li Deyu then memorialized, "Both Chen Xingtai and Zhang Jiang had their generals petition the throne demanding commissions — for that reason they must on no account be granted.